Show threadProjectFearlessnessAug 1, 2023

It's hard to imagine just how terrible life under the Taliban is in Afghanistan right now.

In Iran they say-
'Woman, Life, Freedom.'

In Afghanistan they say-
'Work, Food, Freedom'

#Afghanistan
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
#LetAfghanWomenWork

ProjectFearlessnessJul 28, 2023

Beauty salons across Afghanistan were silent as of July 26, a day after a deadline from Taliban rulers passed in another sign of the curbing of rights and freedoms of women in the impoverished country.

"To me, my salon held a spiritual value. The fact that I was a helping hand for an orphaned girl when I earned money meant everything to me."

"Where does the Shari'a state that women should not work or study?"

Nada,
Beauty Salon Owner,
Kabul,

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https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-beauty-salons-close-womens-rights-taliban-repression/32520725.html

After Deadline Passes, Afghan Women Pay The Price As Beauty Salons Shut Their Doors

Beauty salons across Afghanistan fell silent as of July 26, a day after a deadline from Taliban rulers passed in another sign of the curbing of rights and freedoms of women in the impoverished country.

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
maluJul 25, 2023

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maluJul 24, 2023
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Show threadProjectFearlessnessJul 20, 2023

Taliban Violently Disperses Women's Protest Against Beauty Salon Closures In Afghanistan

"They were very violent. They fired shots in the air and sprayed water on us. They beat the girls. They took their mobile phones."

"They shot around us. They hit us with electric batons. They beat us with rods. We ran from alley to alley."

"I am 15 years old, and I want to defend my mother's rights, my sister's rights, everyone's rights."

#LetAfghanWomenWork
#LetAfghanWomenLive

https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-taliban-beauty-salons-protest-women/32510559.html

Taliban Violently Disperses Protest Against Closure Of Beauty Salons In Afghanistan

Security forces used water cannons and fired guns into the air to disperse a women’s protest in Kabul on July 19 over the Taliban-led government’s decision to close women’s hair and beauty salons.

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Show threadProjectFearlessnessJul 20, 2023

Women protest closure of beauty salons in Afghanistan.

“Today, we arranged this protest to talk and negotiate."

“But today, no one came to talk to us, to listen to us. They didn’t pay any attention to us and after a while, they dispersed us by aerial firing and water cannon.”

Salon Worker,
Kabul,
Afghanistan

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#LetAfghanWomenWork

Show threadProjectFearlessnessJul 20, 2023

Women protesting the Taliban's forced closure of beauty salons in Afghanistan.

“We are here for justice. We want work, food and freedom.”

'Farzana',
Protestor,
Kabul

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#LetAfghanWomenWork

Show threadProjectFearlessnessJul 20, 2023

I'll repeat this point, again, because it's important and illuminating.

Beauty Salons in Afghanistan were the very last place in the entire country where women could go without a male chaperone to gather, socialise, talk, and organise.

Yes, the Taliban hate women. Also, they are terrified of them.

#Afghanistan
#LetAfghanWomenWork
#LetAfghanWomenWork

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/19/work-food-freedom-afghan-women-protest-beauty-parlour-ban

‘Work, food, freedom’: Afghan women protest beauty parlour ban

Security forces break up Kabul protest by dozens of women agaisnt a ban on beauty salons.

Al Jazeera
ProjectFearlessnessJul 19, 2023

“Reports of the forceful suppression of a peaceful protest by women against the ban on beauty salons, the latest denial of women’s rights in Afghanistan, are deeply concerning. Afghans have the right to express views free from violence. De facto authorities must uphold this."

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

#Afghanistan
#LetAfghanWomenWork

https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-taliban-beauty-salons-protest-women/32510559.html

Taliban Violently Disperses Protest Against Closure Of Beauty Salons In Afghanistan

Security forces used water cannons and fired guns into the air to disperse a women’s protest in Kabul on July 19 over the Taliban-led government’s decision to close women’s hair and beauty salons.

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Show threadProjectFearlessnessJul 14, 2023

"These promises to liberate Afghanistan's women mean very little, unfortunately. The Taliban are under significant international pressure to develop new policies towards women, but there’s no muscle behind it. You see statements from some UN officials, but that’s it."

Robert Crews,
Professor of History,
Stanford University,
USA.

#Afghanistan
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
#LetAfghanWomenWork